Towelie Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I love the feel of the up-tempos on CD, the industrial feel and energy of songs like Shacklers, Scraped, Better and the title cut. I would love to know if there were other bands out there with a similar sound that perhaps inspired the production of these songs.Could anybody shed any light on this? I remember one critic comparing the title cut to Korn, who I can't say I'm all that familiar with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scumcat Esq. Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 The title song doesn't sound like Korn at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDRE Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Filter's Title of the Record ( A 'All Killer No Filler' record).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIRfBoEVuXY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realpoti Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Probably Queen, Led Zeppelin, Korn, Nine Inch Nails, Eagles, Depeche Mode and Bruce Springsteen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springclean Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 The Beatles (Catcher in the Rye)Queen (Scraped)Pink Floyd (Sorry)Led Zeppelin (Riad)Bran Van 3000 (Madagascar)Meat Loaf (This I Love)Santana (If The World)Garbage (There Was A Time)Moby (Prostitute)Not that any would be rip-offs I just hear a bit of these influences in there.The most unique sounding song to me is BETTER, it's a mix of many styles but it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appetite4illusions Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I can hear: Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Massive Attack, Nine Inch Nails, Praxis, Smashing Pumpkins, Elton John, Electric Light Orchestra, Alice In Chains, Lusk, Queen, Wings, Guns N' Roses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFormerSoul Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Filter's Title of the Record ( A 'All Killer No Filler' record).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIRfBoEVuXY I forgot how much filter suckedlol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanatic Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I disagree passionately with the person who posted those Filter videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatVin Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I would say that the song Chinese Democracy is influenced by Nirvana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray_TH Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 You're a Towel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 I would say that the song Chinese Democracy is influenced by Nirvana.The first time I heard that opening guitar riff I thought "Nirvana." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh My God Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 The Beatles, Pink floyd, Elton john, Queen, And "Better" sounds unique i have never heard a song quite like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman007 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 The Beatles (Catcher in the Rye)Queen (Scraped)Pink Floyd (Sorry)Led Zeppelin (Riad)Bran Van 3000 (Madagascar)Meat Loaf (This I Love)Santana (If The World)Garbage (There Was A Time)Moby (Prostitute)Not that any would be rip-offs I just hear a bit of these influences in there.The most unique sounding song to me is BETTER, it's a mix of many styles but it works.I dont know about all those, but for sure Pink Floyd (Sorry). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lose Your Illusions Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 You're a Towel.Yup. Axl wanted the same drums, or type of drums Grohl used on Teen Spirit.The opening riff in each song, which is used throughout the song sounds alot alike.the solos in CD sound like teen spirits on speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanatic Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I can see how the beginning of ChiDem is somewhat like Teen Spirit, other than that I find it really difficult to compare Nirvana to GnR at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plonker88 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 At times I hear it like Led Zeppelin + Queen + Guns N' Roses.But then again I don't think you can listen to modern rock music today without hearing those bands, especially Zeppelin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realpoti Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I remeber a guy talking about some songs that didn't make it in Chinese Democracy. Two songs. One of then he said that sounded like Smells Like Teen Spirit. Anyone remember this ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAFC Nick Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I remeber a guy talking about some songs that didn't make it in Chinese Democracy. Two songs. One of then he said that sounded like Smells Like Teen Spirit. Anyone remember this ??I'm sure he was making reference to the title track, 'Chinese Democracy' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I don't hear Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd at all in Chinese Democracy, wtf are you guys talking about?I hear Guns N' Roses inspired music with excessive production influenced by the likes of earlier Nine Inch Nails albums, as industrial rock was gaining popularity. There's also a song that sounds like it was inspired by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Other than that I guess you can pretty much just list all the classic rock bands that inspired Appetite and the Illusionsalso I don't expect a whole lot of you to agree with me on this but Shacklers reminds me of a bloated Brittany Spears single... that chorus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Just looking at the credits, where all the arrangers, producers, and musicians had come from, and Axl wanting it to still sound like a GNR album. He also mentioned listening to movie soundtracks, so you can probably just go on imdb and see who scored a particular film and hear the influence. I'm also pretty sure with him travelling around the world, someone was playing something in the background that caught his ear and checked it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roderick Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I remeber a guy talking about some songs that didn't make it in Chinese Democracy. Two songs. One of then he said that sounded like Smells Like Teen Spirit. Anyone remember this ??He said that about a track called 'Quick Song' i think. Axl confirmed the track name as realbesides the bands already mentioned, a possible influence could be jane's addiction.I can't say i hear it very much directly but we all know that axl seems to love that band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr-dave Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 (edited) Beatles, NIN and Queen Edited February 20, 2010 by gnr-dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesusisSavior Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 more like what breed of hyenas inspired the sound of CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 off the top of my head...CD - More than a Feeling meets Vertigo meets Fight song played by Rage Against the Machine.Shackler's - 4 Lane Black Top by Rob Zombie meets Follow the Leader era Korn with the drum beat from Happiness in Slavery, God of Thunder chorus.Better - SCOM meets NIN.SOD - Elton John meets Faith No More.ITW - Eminem meets Don Johnson.TWAT - You Can't Always Gimme Shelter played by the New Yardbirds.Catcher - One in a Hey Jude played by Jerry Lee Lewis.Scraped - Prodigy meets Out ta Get Me played by Michael Jackson's backing band.Riad - 21st Century Immigrant Song meets Janes's Addiction. Sorry - Poles Apart by Floyd meets Rooster.IRS - Taxman by The Beatles meets 50 Cent.Madagascar - Massive Attack meets Civil War.This I Love - Too Much Love Can Kill You by Queen meets that solo on Easy by the Commodores.Prostitute - Bitter Sweet Symphony by Queen if they were Radiohead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITW 2012 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Prostitute is The Police's Roxanne filtered through the Smashing Pumpkins as performed by Primus with Buckethead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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